Totterdown Fields
| Totterdown Fields | |
|---|---|
| Location | Wandsworth, London |
| Coordinates | 51°26′13″N 0°09′45″W / 51.4370°N 0.1626°W |
| Status | conservation area (19 September 1978) |
| Area | 38 acres (15 ha) |
| Units | 1244 houses |
| Constructed | 1901 to 1911 |
| Construction | |
| Authority | London County Council |
| Style | Cottage Estate |
| Influenced by | Garden city movement, Arts and Crafts movement |
| Governing Body | Wandsworth Conservation & Design Group |
Totterdown Fields estate was designated a conservation area, on the 19 September 1978. It was the first London County Council cottage estate built between 1901 to 1911 containing 1244 individual houses built over 38 acres (15 ha). It was influenced by Ebenezer Howard's Garden city movement and the Arts and Crafts movement.[1]
See also
References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- "The Totterdown Fields Estate, Tooting: ‘Architectural design of a peculiarly rational and elegant kind’". Municipal Dreams. Municipal Dreams in Housing, London. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- "Totterdown Fields Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Strategy". Wandsworth Conservation & Design Group. 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- Burnett, John (1986). A social history of housing : 1815-1985 (2nd e. ed.). New York: Methuen. ISBN 0416367801.
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